Nomination of External Examiners for Taught Courses

Please refer to notes on page 4 and return completed document to the Academic Development and Quality Enhancement Office

PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE FORM IS COMPLETED IN FULL AND THAT A CURRENT CV IS ATTACHED

DETAILS OF POST TO BE FILLED
Course title(s)(must be consistent with approved title on database)
Award(BA/ BSc / MA/ MSc etc.) / UG PG
Owning School/Department/ Partner Institution
Owning Exam Board
Reason recommendation sought / New Course End of contract If end of contract,
please state name of examiner being replaced
DE DETAILS OF NOMINEE FOR THE ABOVE APPOINTMENT
Proposed dates of appointment
(normally 4 years) / From: to
Title: Forename(s): Surname:
Current Academic Post/Employment
Department or Faculty
Address for Correspondence:
Post Code:
e-mail address: Tel number: Fax number:
Has the nominee ever been a registered student, external examiner or employee of the University of Sussex (or the partner institution)?
Yes No If yes, please provide details:
(Needed for data recording purposes)

Please complete all sections of the form and ensure that all boxes are ticked

1 / Please confirm that the nominee has indicated informally a willingness to serve in the above capacity / Confirmed
2 / Summary of relevant expertise and experience of the nominee in both the academic area of the appointment and assessment of courses and programmes
3 / If the nominee works outside Higher Education and does not have appropriate assessment expertise, please indicate if there is another external examiner for that subject with appropriate assessment expertise
4 / Please confirm that the nominee does not have any direct interest in, or ties to, the university, (or partner institution) or its staff / Confirmed
5 / If there are research links between the nominating department/interdisciplinary group/partner institution, please indicate the nature of the link and the way in which the department/interdisciplinary group/partner institution has satisfied itself that such a link does not endanger the potential objectivity of the relationship
6 / Please confirm that the nominee is not from a department in a university where a member of the inviting university department (or partner institution) is serving as an external examiner / Confirmed
7i / Please confirm that the nominee will not be holding more than one other external examiner appointment at the time of the proposed appointment (i.e. only one other UG or PG appointment may be held). / Confirmed
7ii / If any other external examiner appointments are held at taught level, please provide name of institution and course examined.
8 / Please confirm that the previous external examiner was not from the same institution as the nominee / Confirmed
9 / If the nominee is either a former member of staff or Sussex
Student, please confirm that at least five years have elapsed
since their staff appointment/student registration ended / Confirmed
N/A
10 / Please confirm that the nominee has not previously acted as external examiner at Sussex / Confirmed
RECOMMENDATION: SCHOOL/DEPARTMENT/PARTNER INSTITUTION
I recommend the appointment as external examiner for the period indicated as set out above
Signed:
(Head of School/Department/Partner Institution)
Print Name Date:
RECOMMENDATION: School Teaching & Learning Committee/Collaborative Provision Committee
I recommend the appointment on behalf of the STLC/CPC
Signed: (Chair of STLC/CPC) Date:
APPROVAL: University Teaching & Learning Committee
I approve the recommendation on behalf of UTLC
Signed: (Chair of UTLC) Date:
GUIDANCE NOTES ON THE NOMINATION OF EXTERNAL EXAMINERS
Guidance notes regarding the procedures to be followed and the information which is required can be found in sections B and C of the University’s Handbook on the Policy and Procedures for the External Examining of Taught Courses.
Copies of the Handbook and all forms are available from the Academic Development and Quality Enhancement Office and can be downloaded from

Please ensure that all the relevant sections are completed. Any queries about completion of the form may be addressed to:

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